Date: Oct 10/29/12 6:53 PM Subject: [FOSS/Linux] Free, monthly FOSS User Group in Natick this Thursday, November 1st From: "Dick and Jill Miller" FOSS (Free, Open-Source Software) User Group at the Natick Community-Senior Center We hope you weather this week's megastorm well. Our street lost power about 2:30PM today (Monday), so we're sending this from our new Community-Senior Center - which has been operating smoothly on a generator. Nice! Hi, fellow FOSSers! Please share this announcement with interested friends and associates. WE MEET 3-6PM ON THE FIRST THURSDAY EVERY MONTH, IN THE NEW NATICK COMMUNITY-SENIOR CENTER at 177 East Central Street. That's this Thursday, November 1st; join us if you can! This month: Bring your computer, your questions, and your expertise for some hands-on, dual-boot installations of the new Ubuntu Linux 12.10. Linux installation isn't that hard, but it's different and can be intimidating to beginners without some show and tell. So come; help, get help, share! You may want to take a few notes. We'll have a book or two to raffle off (courtesy of O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Boston User Groups). All this and more, at our monthly FOSS meeting. Bring a friend! As usual, we list other FOSS/Linux meetings at: http://www.millermicro.com/eventscalendar.html Our own FOSS User Group events (with links!) appear at: http://www.millermicro.com/FOSSUserGroupArchive.html Or just browse to NatickFOSS.org and click on the next meeting date. Want to socialize a bit? Show up early, at 2PM, for informal chatting, to fiddle on computers, to help each other, and to have fun. Later, after the formal presentations, we have more informal time for same. And consider going on to an inexpensive group dinner at the close of the meeting. General notes: Try "SeniorLinux", the Linux desktop computer in the Natick Senior Center's Computer Lab. It's awaiting upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10, and probably will get back in operation on Nov. 1st. You can click for a beginner's manual on its Desktop. Or to view the built-in Help, mouse past the left edge and click on the question-mark icon. The Natick Community-Senior Center has wireless service throughout. So bring your laptop computer if you wish. Our FOSS web page leads to our Archive Page, with info on past meetings and clues on the next. Would you like to present something at an upcoming meeting? Publicize these FOSS meetings, to encourage other interested computer users to participate and to subscribe to our e-mail list. At the meeting, ask Algot Runeman for some FOSS User Group business cards to hand out to friends. Our next FOSS and Linux get-together is Thursday, November 1st, 3-6PM at the Natick Senior Center. Social Hour at 2PM. Introductory slide talk on FOSS and Linux, 3-3:30PM. For more info, see the sign-off. After the introductory slide presentation, we're at least half-scheduled but with room for attendees to fine-tune the meeting agenda. Topics can be Linux specific (L), FOSS for Microsoft Windows (W) or Apple OS X (X), and often cover all of the above (A). On the back shelf for possible demonstration and discussion: (L) Inside Linux, with the Terminal and BASH (A) The power of local e-mail, using Mozilla Thunderbird (A) Videophone apps (Skype, Empathy and others) (A) Using Shutter and other screen-capture programs (L) More Fotoxx fun (A) More Inkscape fun (A) On-line help for Linux and FOSS (L) A hands-on Linux InstallFest (A) Your questions and suggestions Beginners to experts, we hope to see you and interested friends next Thursday! Psst! It's FREE. And so is the software! Cheers from --Dick and Jill Miller, Partners, MMS Co-Leaders, FOSS User Group at Natick Senior Center E-MAIL LISTS (opt-in/out/etc.): http://millermicro.com/newURL.html -- A. Richard & Jill A. Miller | MILLER MICROCOMPUTER SERVICES | Mailto:TheMillers@millermicro.com | 61 Lake Shore Road | Web: http://www.millermicro.com/ | Natick, MA 01760-2099, USA | Voice: 508/653-6136, 9AM-9PM -0400(EDT)| NMEA N 42.29993°, W 71.36558° |